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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1899.

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with the man Scott who is accused of the ↑ ings having arisen owing to the claim made by crime. They lived happily together when the firmn mentioned to certain plots of land Scott was not in drink. Last week, however, within the limits of the Russian concession_at there were frequent quarrels between them Hankow, representations were made by the and on Saturday night the deceased hit Scott Russian Government, in reply to which the over the head with a tea canister, saying, at Cabinet of St. James' gave all the explanations the same time, "You have ruined me." Fean- required. As to the attitude of the Russian not go to work. You tried to murder one poor Government in regard to the incident in woman before you lived with me, and now you question, it thought it proper, in accordance are trying to murder me." Scolt replied: "I | with the general principles advocated by it at will cut your throat before the night's out." The Hague Conference, to subunit the purely At seven o'clock the next, morning the witness legal side of the claims of the firm mentioned heard the Scott had cut her sister's throat, to the decision of an Arbitration Court. This against Scott.

legal standpoint the degree of legality possessed by the documents produced by the British firm, to inquire how far legal formalities have been observed in the matter.

Irish Prosperity.

SRIKING STATISTICS INDICATING

IMPROVEMENT,

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SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.

MAILS DUE Australian (Changsha f to-morrow German (Bayern) 18th inst. Indian (Suisang) 19th inst Australian (Guthrie) a4th inst, American (Coptic) 26th inst. Canadian (Empress of India) 9th prox

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The E. & N. steamer Guthrie from Sydney

at Kowloon Dock,

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HONGKONG AND WILAMPDA D'OCK RETURNS, lata de Cuba....... Isla de Luzon.......... Simla.. Amara Liberal -Breconshire May Flint Dr. Elans Jurg Kier. Nippon Maru...... Dan Austria... City of Dublin

Ranjitsinhil thrice that number. The howling | Hunie, of the Royal Artillery, The Prince has expanding conditions, with results that have honours of the season clearly got burtalfoul paised very creditably through Sand- proved highly Satisfactory

From a Chin letter lately.received, states Trott, who look,230 wickets for lut 17 runs | hast by akarudel, and since then be has been apiece. Rhodes, Mend, and Paish, the yung sched to the 1st Battalion of the Durhaus naval correspondent, I observe that, while the Gloucestershire bowler, also did adminily on Light fifuntry at Aldershot, Just now he is English are exceedingly grateful for the advent hard wickets in no way suited to their style, ondergoing a course of study in artillery at of the shallow draught gunboats, they desire to while among the fast bowlers Mold, Mr. W. Okehampton. He has been ring special press upon the Admiralty a point of enormous. M. Bradley, and Lockwood figured prominently, attention to the equipment and maneuvring of difference between the two classes of Sandpiper and Woodlark varieties. The latter are more Altogether the attack was at a great disadvant the mule mountain batteries at that camp. Age on the beautiful, fast wickets which were The cruiser Grafton, which has been relicy- powerful than the former, while the draught is The Woodlark can the lenture of the summer's cricket, and bowlersed by MS. Endymion, arrived at Porsimouth very much the same. came in for no llite sympathy. After na on th glo, she having, on the China Station, make her way against rapids that the Sandpiper interval of four years Surrey again holds the concluded her three years commission. After could not touch, and in the Chinese rivers, Proud position of champion county, Yorkshire landing supernumeraries and details for that where they rise rapidly six or eight feet in as "The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder Court will have to examine from the strictly and left l'ort Darwin to-day for this port ; going down from the first to the third place, port, she proceeded to Chatham, where she many hours, this extra power is very much and Middleses coming up to the second arrived on 7th ulto, to pay off. The distance needed. There appears to be a universal con

Ranjitsinhji has completed his team for Traversed by the Grajton since leaving Sheer- sensus of opinion in favour of the larger boat'; America, Woods accepting an iävitation. The ness in 1896 has been 60,000 miles, and 26,000 at any rate, for service on the West River. eleven is K. S. Ranjitsinhji, A. C. MacLaren, tons of coal have been consumed. The Grafton The official trial of the Japanese torpedo-boat A. E. Stoddart, S. M. J. Woods, C. L. Town has spent no inconsiderable portion of the time destroyer Sazanami, the fourth out of the six of her commission at sea. In 1896 she was at that have been under, constraction during the send, G... Jessop, G. Brann, C, Robson, B: J. T. -anquet, and H. D. Llewellyn, and sea 93 days out of the 274 slays; in 1897, 124 past twelve months by Yarrow and Co., of Barton. Another amateur-probably W, P. days; in 1898, 68 days (the war scares that Popular, took place recently, during which she Robertson, of Cambridge-will join the party. year keeping the ships in Barbour ready for attained the magnificent speed of 31:382 knots per hour. Her predecessors have done well, Although the weather is yet not well suited service if required), and in 1899 she has es- to football, the League championship competi ceeded her former record by being at sea 103 but she has even exelled them all. A fact tion on 9th ultimo aroused great interests, and out of 249 days; and has travelled upwards of specially noticeable in connection with the there were lauge crowds at the various grounds. 18,500 miles.

steaming of the vessels, says the Engineer, is The defeat of Aston Villa by West Bromwhich We have already noted says the Cthe ample margin provided in boiter power, each Albion by two goals to none was the great sur Expers, that the authorities have decided to boiler being able to supply 100-horse power prise

of the day. Liverpool were the only other encourage the study of Chinese amongst a beyond that required to develop the engine home eleven to be beaten. Sheffield United, certain muber of military officers. Previous power contracted for. This feature was specially Newcastle United (who beat Everton), Preston to embarkation, selected officers will be required marked on the vessel's trials, and is proved by North End, and Manchester City were sticcess to undergo a three month's course of study in the absence of any discoloration in either of the language at the Universities of Oxford or her four funnels, the paint on which had not ful clubs on their own grounds. There were thee drawn matches, in which Notts County Cambridge, or at King's Follege, London, been renewed since the day she was launched; and Notts Forest each had a share. Four of They will then go to Chinta for twelve months' this advantage is accounted for by the low air the "gales exceciled 20,000.

residence, during which perid they will he pressure necessary when under förced draught, examined in (2) colloquial knowledge, aut () and the absence of any flaming. writing and translatiim. An officer who is awarded 75 maks in subject (4) will be granted a reward of £100 and an allowance of Liso to cover the expenses of passages. A further reward of 4100 will be paid on obtaining 75 marks in subject (9). Officers who are selected will be secondled that is to say, they will retain their seniority in their corps,

Vardon, the Open Golf Champion, has beun, defeated by Taylor, of the Mid-Surrey Club' who won by a up in an 18-holes match.

Athletic in America.

NEW YORK, Monday, Mr. 1. Flanagan, from a nine-foot cicle to day threw the hammer-164 ft. 6 in., breaking the world's record created by Mr. T. P. Kiely, of Limerick.

RED BANK (NEW JERSpy), Tuesday.... Fred Gerner yesterday broke the standing high jump record, clearing 5 ft. 3 in.-Reuter

Proposed visit of West Indian Cricketers.

According to present arrangements the Fer rid is to be out of Dockyard hands by Sept. 1. After that nearly a week will be spent in trying her new condensers and other similar work. Thus, in any case, it will be nearly the and of the month before she is ready to start for the China Station," says a mail paper. Hitherto she has only been "pottering about" for some- thing like eightery mouths since commissioned, and has amaged a colitary top to Malta and LETTER FROM LORD HAWKE.

back. The rest of her time has been spent at A proposal is on foot to invite a representa Portsmouth, generally in the hands of the tive West Indian Cricket cleven-to-visit-Dockyard She hole, s far, costly ship England in 1950. In this connection Lord to the country, and it will be a blessing to get Hawke, as chuurman of the Sports Committee, her out of home watery if only to see how she

• bas written foom the West Indian Club as behaves when her engineers have a fair chance -follows:-

given them and have her eatinely in their own funds. She will not be taken out to China by Captain C. G. Robinson..

Under the auspices of this club an effort is being unde to arrange a visit to this country of a representative Vest Indian cricket tean, consisting of both amateurs and professionals, during the cricket season of too. The club has approached the leading West Indian cricket clubs on the matter, and has filrendy received most satisfactory replies from those of Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica, Trinidad, St Lucia and St. Vincent, who have one and all indicated their willingness to cooperate in selecting a representative team. From my personal know ledge of West Indian cricket am of opinion that such a team as might be sent over would be capable of giving many first-class countiesa real good game. Doubtless, like many other teams on a first appearance at home if would have much to learn and many defeats in acknowledge, but from the thoroughly spotting ganes played against the elevens visiting the West Indies I'am confident their cricket would be appreciated, and naturally great interest would centre in the work of the coloured players. It is estimated tlint a visit of a team Consisting of, say, fourteen members for a tluce months tour would cost, including passage money to and from this country, and the sala ries of the professional players, £,500. The result of such'a visit would be far reaching, not merely from a sporting but also from an in- perial standpoint, helping as it would to draw closer the ties which bind the Colonies to the Mother Country.

The following feuer, has been sent by Lord Hawke to the secretaries of the crickel clubs in the West Indies

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It is stated that all the troops now being sent to Africa are being, armed with the Mark 11. ammunition instead of the Mark IV. It appears, therefore, that the Indian regiments are to be deprived of their cherished Dum

Dian bullets, whose stopping powers they have already proved against the Afridis, as the Mark IV. was proved at Omdurman, in deference to the senseless Flamour of the Peace Conference. It is unwise to make such constant changes as this in our ammunition, and when we have got a good-bullet to abandon it The Chitral campaign seriously shook the confidence of our sokliers in their rifle, and now that it has been restored we do not want it shattered once more. On its merits the Lee client is said by experts to be slightly superior to the Mauser because it has a larger calibre, a longer range, and better magazine. But against this we now bare to put that Boers, if we have to fight them, will be using ammunition with which they hare been familiar from the beginning, while we Dever use the same in LAO consecuti campaigns.

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General Shipping News. Work on the P. and O. steamer China, at Messrs. Harland and Wolf's yard at Belfast, is proceeding well. Before she left Perim after her accident something like 1,200 tons of con- crete were put into her bottom to fill up the rents. This has now been blasted out, and the wark of rebuilding this portion can be under taken. It is anticipated that she will be taken out of dock abont the end of the year, and that this fine steamer will again take her place on the line about the close of the first quarter nest

year.

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A telegram from Charleston gives some shocking details regarding the wreck on August 1th of the Norwegian barque Dr, bound for Buenos Ayres. The steamer and brought to Charleston two survivors of the Drot. The The captain and eight men were washed over board, while eight others got on a raft, which soon patted, leaving two on the our section and six on the other. One of the six became insane and jumped overboard. He had previously caught several fish with a line, thus sustaining life for some time. Two other men died. The remain- ing three provisionless and waterless, sucked the blood of their dead comrades. several days' further suffering these three survivors cast lots among themselves, and the one upon whom the lot fell was killed by the other twa, who ate his desh and drank his blood. It is stated that the victim met his fate without a wurmur, and even tore open his clothing to receive the fatal stab. lle, was of German nationality. Soon after Anderson lost his reason, and savagely attacked Thomassen and bit pieces from his chest and face. When the ruft was found by the if andruff the two survivors were in a fightful mental and physical condition, The water round about was swarming with sharks.

We have had occasion before to refer to the evidences of increasing prosperity in Ireland fumished by the half yearly official statement of Banking, Railway, and Shipping Statistics in the comtry, Happily, there is no cause to express dissatisfaction on the issue of the present report, which covers the half-year ending June 30 last. Turning to the deposits and cash instances in the Joint Stock banks, there is to be noted an increase of £367,000 over the rigors for the first half of 1898, and the rise has been continuous since 1886, with the single exception, of 1897, the first six months of that year showing the small decrease of £194,000, As a rule, in late years, the showing in the latter hall of the year has been better than in the proceiling and following six months, but in the Case of the half-year under notice, there was an improvement of £402,000 over the Deretaber figures. If we tun: to the Post Office Savings Bank figures, which are more indicative of the prosperity of the staff investor, there is the same cause for abundant satisfaction. Taking the first halves of the years, we notice that the increase in deposits was greater than for any corresponding period, the improvement amounting to as much as 586,000. Compare the total of £7,545,000 with the paltry £1,374,000 twenty years ago, or even with the 3.372.000 for the first half of 1889, and it will at once be seen what a strik- ing advance has been effected in thrift and prosperity among the lower classes. Unlike the deposits in the Joint-Stock banks, which respond more closely to trading conditions, the post-office balances do not show a retragade tendency during the first half of the year as compared with the preceding second half. In fact, with the single exception of the first half of 1893, the movement since 1882 has been at together in favour of increased prosperity, and as compared with the kust half of 1893 there is an increase of £320,000. For further evidence The Kronstadtski fiestnik states that the of prosperity among the lower classes we pay first vessel to be built at the new Government

turn to the balances due to Trustees of Sav. shipmilding yard at Winday will be a Russian | ings Banks." Here, again, there is a continua- A trial look place on 1st ult,at Whale cruiser, with protected deck. Her displacetion of increases. Finally, combining the trials Island, in the "Neale" cell, of an 8in. special ment will be 6,375 tons, length stalt, bean of the balances in Post Office and Trustee Sav nickel sigel Harveyed plate $ft. square, unde 531ft, draught with a full load 20 2-3 ft., speedings Banks we obtain the following satisfactorying. for the Japanese Gaveriament, being a plate 23 knots. Her two engines, served by 12 Nor contrasts: For 1889 the return for the first half selceled out of the belt armour of the Skikishian bailers, will develop 20,000 hp. She will of the year was £5,400,000 and for the second or, battleship, now building at the Thames have three funnels, her foremost furnace being 45,504,000. In 1897 the figures were 8,654,000 Ironworkgand Shipbuilding Company (Limited). | right forward. She will have two masts, each and 8,542,000 respectively. In 1898 they were The plate was to withstand two rounds from a with a fighting top, and two bridges. The deck || 79,206,000, and £9,500,000, and for the bra 92in, gun firing Sulb. Holtzer armourpiercing protection will be 2 cm, in thickness along the half of 1899 they reached a trial of 9,852,000. shell, each giving a velocity of 1,500 fs, and whole-length. Her amantent will consist of

In fact, with the single exception of the first providing there was no penetration or cracks 12 6-in. Canet guns, 45 calibre, two in the fore half of 1893, the record of improvement has the armour was to be accepted on this test, and two in the aft lurret, and eight in the been unchecked. The Japanese officers were then to have the case-mates, 12, 75 cm, calibre gans in the right to increase the velocity in 1,500. fis. for a battery, and eight 47 cm. Hotchkiss guns: third shot. The trial was most successfully also five torpedo tubes; two under water broad carried out by the Admiralty at the request of sitte forward and three above water, two broad Messra. Vickers, Sons, and Masiun Limited), side aft, and one right in the bows. Her the first round showing a penetration of only 3in., free-bourd will be 20ft. Gin, this heing able to be measured exactly by the point of the shell being farred out by the second round. The result of the second was practi, cally the same, there being ao cracks on the plate. As it so completely fufilled its conditwo or three years have witnessed an enormous tions, the plate was accepted and pronounced by all present to be highly satisfactory. The third round was then fired with the increased velocity of 1,800 1.5., when the penetration was only 3fin; there were no cracks on the plate.

The navy is about lose an interesting figure in Rear Admiral, Kane, who has made a formal request that he may be permitted to retire. The gallant Admisal will lang be membered for the skill with which, on March 16, 1889 he brought the Caffiaper out of the harbour of Apia, Samoa, when three German and three American, men-of-war were wrecked in a great hurricane.

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"The Admiralty, says a writer in. The Times, das neted with dre utmost wisdom in deciding to establish a new gunnery school at Devonpent on the Whale Island model. Happily, the past

development in the gungery of the Navy. It is no longer considered that the quarterly expenditure of ammunition is to be carried out willy very lule cares to the method. The impulse came, pŝrhaps originally from a distant station which need but he paricularised, but, once giren, it has found sympathetic feelings on all stalpos. Captain Percy Scolt, for example, who takes out the Terrible to China, has the Gredit of having made the cruiser Scylla the best shurting ship on the Mediterranean Station, and "ap the Straits" the importance of gunnery has long been recognised. In the Channel Squadron the Commander-in-Chief and his secind in courmand each takes charge of certain ships during their gamery practice, and the saine attention to gunnery details is visible on other stations. It is partly due, no doubt, to this recrudescence of interest in the Navy itself that the Admiralty has decided on developing at Devonport a serond Whate Island.

The Great Floods in Austria.

The shipping strike has ended in a hzzle, The British seamen summoned to come out in their thousands replied in ones and twos. Two coasting vessels a; Glasgow, and a few out- going vessels at Newcastle and Liverpool, were the only ones affected by this Intest demonstration. This is not altogether surpris. Mr. Havelock Wilson's Union numbers all told some five thousand members, and he has not received much encouragement froin olier onions. The surprising thing under the circumstances is that he should have cared to. persevere with his project, and so merely The expose the nakedness of the land. representative of the Seamen's Union at Blyth, however, Mr. Kelly gave away the situation when he remarked that it is net so much the A table is also furnished in the report show-advanced mates we desire just now; it is a ing the amount of Government Funds, India recognition of the union by the shipowners." Stocks, and Guaranteed Land Stocks on which Hundreds of scumen, therefore, were to give dividentis are payable at the Bank of Ireland, up their employment, and the trade of the These do not, of course, indicate, except very country to he dislocated, merely to gratify Mu indirectly, the condition of the lower classes, Havelock Wilson's vanity. This is an illustra hat the figures are nevertheless instructive tion of the fact that the union does not exist for n. the sake of the working-man, but the working. enough. The general tendency towards in-

man for the union,

provement is indicated so far as the last few years are concerned, but there is still a con- siderable amount of leeway to make up, for the 1890 figures are below those of any year pre- vions to 1891. Probably the figures indicate in as striking a fashion as could be wishell the great changes which legislation has effected during the past two decades in the social and economic position of the country. As regards the banknote circulation, unmistakable evid ences of increasing trade activity are furnished by an increase of over 250,000 as compared with the average circulation of the correspond- ing half of 1808. The receipts of the Irish railways also show unmistakable signs of the general improvement, the net result being that the total receipts for the half-year were in excess of those of the first half of any previous annual period. The average receipts per mile were £562, against £549 in 1898 and 4543 in 1897; and the increase in receipts was 242,88 over the corresponding half of 1898, and 60,131 over those for 1897. Shipping returns show that the yearly average tonnage of vessels in, foreign trade entering the Irish ports was 645,023 1868, which figures are rather below the 1897 level, but well above the avenge.

. WATER AS FIGH AS THE HOUSE-TOPS..

Accounts continue to arrive, through Reuter's agency, of the floods, in Austria. The river

The "Shikishima. Inn at Schaerding, in Upper Austria, is rising

The Shikishima was on view on 2nd ulto., houses, and in some instances, is as high as the roofs. The churchyard is submerged to the proceeds are to go to the Seamen's Hospi depth of five feet, and several persons lavetat Society--a kindly act on the part of the Go. and Steyr the houses have been deserted by English-built vessel belongs. A shilling was the inhabitants, who are being provisioned by charged for admission, and, as over 6,000 peo pioneers. The rivers Enns and Traun have ple availed therascives of the opportunity 10 fallen, but the Danube continues to rise. At

visit this splendid vessel, the hospital funds Neukirchen a house collapsed, and a man and well be increased by about 300. a child were buried in the ruins.

NOTANDA..

CALENDAR.

OCTOBER, Meteorological means based on fifteen years' observations to 1898. Barometer

29.982 Thermometer ....... Humidity..... Rainfall

TO-DAY.

76.2

71.

5.704

Saturday, 14th October, 1899) Chinese--10th of 9th moon of 25th year of

Kanugisü -Sun---Res

Cris

5. 57. shr. 35min. 3hr, gouin. bhr. 2qmin. sohr, zamin. Skr. tuin.

High water-Morning

Afternoon Low water-ferning - Aftermanu ANNIVERSARIES. 1066-Battle of Hastings. 1859-Flora Temple lost in the China Sea, with upwards of 800 coolies on board. 1865-Outrage on foreigner in Formosa.. 1887-German sch. Louise sunk by steamer Metapedia whilst on voyage from Amoy to Newchwang, two persons drowned.

seki, heavy loss of life... 1806-Extradition of Patrick Tynan refused by

the French Government.

"Cosmopolitan

PASSED THE CANAL,

Outward-sand September-Malacca, 26th September-Energia, Adria, Anapa, Bam berg. Foroney, 20th September-Anuar, 3rd Oct. Indravelli, Ixion, Kintuck, Vindobana, Hakala Marn, 6th October-Japan, Yarra, Endaunted, Idomenens. ioth October-Ayr Konigsberg,

Homeward-oth Oct.-Formosa, Wakasa,

Maru.

Shipping.

Arrivals.

CHUSAN, British steamer, 2,852, E. Street, 13th Oct.,--Bombay 26th Sept., and Singapore 3th Oct., Mails and General.-P.&O.. S. N. Co. -

ENUMION, British cruiser, 7,350, G. A. Cal- laghan, 13th Oct.,—Manila 11th Oct, VEEMOON, Gerinan steamer, 1,338, G. Heuer- mana, 13th Oct.,-Shanghai 10th Oct, General-Siemssen & Co.`.*

POSEIDON, Austrian steamer, 2,433, A. Leva,

13th Oct., Singapore 7th Oct, General. Sander, Wieler & Ca HEIDELBERG, German steamer, 2,145 R. Schieder, 13th Oct,-Singapore 2nd Oct, General-Siemssen & Co.

CONCH, British steamer, 2,705, Stöck, 13th Oct, --Singapore 6th Oct., Kerosine.—Arnhold, Karberg & Co. MONOKUT, British steamer, 859, N. G. Mafer, 14th Oct-Koh-si-chang 2nd Oct., Rice.— Yuen Fat Hong

KONG BEND, British steamer, 862, F. W.

Joslin, 14th Oct.,--Saigon 6th Oct., Rice. and General-Butterfield & Swire.. AIMUN, British steamer, 636, W. J. Davis, 14th Oct-Swatow 13th Oct., General-r Douglas, Lapraik & Co. NANVANG, German steamer, 983, Th. Lehmann,

14th Oct---Hongay fith Oct., Coal. Shewan, Tomes & Co,

KWANG LEE, Chinese steamer, sos, R. L. Lincoln, 14th Oct,—Shanghai 11th Oct, General-C. M. S. N. Co. CITY OF DUBLIN, British steamer, 2,155, BRE, 14th Oct,Haipliony th Oct., Ballast. -Dodwell & Co.

ANTING, Chinese steamer, 1,158, J. WT

Stewart, 14th Oct.,-Canton -13th Oct., General—C. M. SN. CO TETARTOS, Germian steamer, 1,574, T, Desler, 14th Oct.,--Saigon 9th October, Rice- Siemissen & Co.

PRRA CHULA CHOM KLAD, British steamer, * 1,012-B-Pigot, 14th Oct.,--Bangkok-5th

Oct., Geneml-Yuen Fat long.

Clearances at the Harbour Office". Pak Köng, British str., for Canton, Nanyang, German str., for Cantón. Lyeemoon, Gennun sir, for Canton. Kwai Lam, British steam-faunch, for Macao. Propontis, British str., for Amoy. Keongwai, British str., for Bangkok, Maidzuru Maru, Japanese str., for Swatow. Haimun, British str., for Swatow. Tailee, German str., for Mauritius. Kong Pak, British str., for Manila.

Departures.

Oct. 15, Coromandel, British str., for Europe.

Oct. 14, C. l. Kien, Pritish str., for Amoy. Oct. 14; Taifu, German str., for Hengay Oct. 14, Samuli Maru, Japanese str., for Kobe; Oct: 14, Survia, German str., for Kiuchow, Oct. 14, Amara, British str., for Swatow. Oct. 14, Życemoon, German stn, for Canton,

Passengers-Arrived.

Por Haimun, from Swatow-133.Chinese. Per Kong Bing, from Saigon-69 Chinese. Per Lyermoon, from Shanghai-Mr Wil brandt, and 86 Chinese.

Dear Sir,-At a recent meeting of the Sports Committed of the West Indian Club-a club Dunded in 1897 with the object, among others, to afford facilities for organizing, in connection. It has been notitied in an Army Order that, with the West Indies and British Guiana, an- under the new regulations for the Royal nual cricket matches and other kindred amuse-Regiment of Artillery, genetal officers, except ments recognized by our English universities colonels commandant Royal Horse Artillery, and public schools, it was resolved to approach and colonels will be described as helonging to the leading cricket clubs of British Guiana and the Royal Artillery. Lieutenant-colonels and officers below that rank performing regimental West Indies with a view to promote a visit to this country of a fully representative West duty will be described as belonging to the Indian cricket team, consisting of both amm- RILA, R.F.A., or R.CZ.A, according to the teurs and professionals, duting the cricket branch to which they have been appointed. season of 1900. We are of opinion that there Lieutenant-colonels and officers below that would be no difficulty in arranging a series of rank while holding staf or extra-reyimental matches between the Marylebone Cricket Club, appointments will be described as belonging to the leading first-class county cricket clubs, and the R.A., it is further stated that exchanges such a West Indian team us your club, in will be permitted between officers of the R.F.A. The water has entered the upper floors of the by permission of the Japanese Légation, and conjunction with the other cricket clubs in the and those of corresponding rank in the R.G.A., West Indies, should be in a position to send provided that the dates of their corpinissions in aver. We estimate that the visit of a team their existing rank are within two years of each consisting of, say, fourteen members for a three other, and certain other conditions are complied been drowned in the river tan. At Ebensee vernment to which this splendid and powerful 1893--Typhoon at Moji and Straits of Shimono. / brugge, Rev, B. H. Philip, and 367 Chinese months' tour, would cost, including passage with. money to and from this country and salaries of

It is announced that the Admiralty have professional players, about £2,500, and this placed orders with private firms for the con- sum the West Indian Club would endeavour straction of twelve new torpedo-høat destroyers to collect in England, though any contribution for the Royal Navy. The new destroyers are from the Colonies will, of course, be gratefully to be named Racehorse, Roebuck, Greyhound, received, and we think that there should be no Lively, Sprightly, Myrmidom, Peterel, Syren, Success, Falcon, 19strich, and Vixen. The Races difficulty in raising the amount here in the

A Whale in a Pleasure Boat, interest of sport. I am therefore to ask you if,|| Horse, Roebuck, and Greyhound are to be built subject to the West Inïlian Club being able to hy Messrs. Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co, of New-

A party of visitors to Ilfracombe, who were raise the above-mentioned sum, you in "co-castle-on-Tyne; the Lively and Sprightly, by sailing in a pleasure yacht off Léc lay yester- operation with the other cricket clubs would Messrs. Laird Brothers, of Birkenhead the day afternoon, met with an extraordinary be prepared to undertake the selection of a Myrmidon, Peterel, and Syren, by- Palmer's adventure. Suddenly, a large fish jumped on West Indian cricket team and ensure its visit Shipbuilding Company, of Jarrow-on-Tyne; heard, and with its tail smashed all the vessel's to England during the year 1900. As the mat the Sheress hysers. Boxford and Sons, of gear and broke the loom. One gentleman ler must be definitely selfied before December Sunderland; the Falcon and Ostrich, by the received a blow in the face, which blacked his next, in which month the Marylebone Cricket Fairfield Shipbuilding Company, of Glasgow: The fish then thrust its head into the Club arrange their fixtures for the ensuing and the Fire by Stessrs. Vickers, Sons, and cabin and remained quiet, and the party made season, I venture to hope that you will bring it Maxim, of Barrow-in-Furness, The dimen for the shore with all speed. The intreder before your club, and favour my committee with sions and speed of the new destroyers have proved to be a thrasher whale, 15ft. long, and a reply at your earliest convenience. I may add not yet transpired. A sum of £397,005 will be weighing half a ton. It is now being exhibited that a similar communication to this is being expended upon their construction during the at fifracombe sddressed to the other West Indian cricket financial year.ending March 31, 1900, clubs, and would ask you kindly to address your reply to the honorary secretary of the Sports Committee

Naval and Military Vice Admiral Alexejeff, Chief Flag Officer of the Russian Black Sch Squadron, has been- appointed to the command of the Russian feit “in the Pacific, and of the Russian troops in the

Liao Tung

The following nodfication appears in the Grasefle Brevat-Colonel ARF Donward. D

-neors, to be a Colonel on the Staff for Royal Engincers, to command the troops at Wei-bal We, and to have the substantive rank of

Mr. Saton, Canstructor-in-Chief of the Japanese navy, has been granted permission to visit ships and naval establishment at Devon. port.

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The Shikishima, which was built by the Thames Iron Works Company, has been more than once described in these columns. The thousand or so artisans who are still employed on board are expected to finish the vessel so far that in about a fortnight's time she will be able to go round under her own steam to Ports- mouth for her final equipment and trials, and by the end of next month she will be handed over to the Japanese Government, whose offi cers and crew will take her to the Far East. The details of the size and armanicus of the Shikishima were supplied to the visitors in a neatly printed souvenir of the occasion con-

TO-MORROW,

Sunday, 5th October, 1899. Chinese-rith of 9th meon of 25th year of

Kwung-sil. Sun-Rises

Sets

High water-Berning

Afternoon Log water----Merning

Afternoon ANNIVERSARES.

shr. 58min. shr. 34min, shr. romin Bhr. 47min.

HONE

kr. 70min.

1867-Blockade of Hongkong by Chinese Cus

mosa.

toms cruisers commenced. 1875-British schooner Lock Bulig Jest on Zambay Island, S., Coast of For. 1895--Explosion on the Chinese trooper

Kungpai 500 lives lost. nor-General of Formosz

Per Kwung Lee, from Shanghai-Mrs. T. Rieber, Mr. T. W. Boweron, 141 Chinese, var Per Poseidon, from Singapore--Rev-Ver-

Per Heidelberg, from Singapore-Messrs." Linke, Otto, Dierks, Wirth, and 268 Chinese

Per Charan, for Hongkong from London-- Messrs. J. J. Marque da Silva and T. Salinger. From Gibraltar-Rev. Jore Santa Rita Souza, Licut. and Mrs. Tavares and daughter. From Colombo-Lieut. Bridges. From Bombay Mr. M. Sassoon. From Singapore-Mr. S. B Terry and servant, Miss Sofia Kiriachidis, Mr. Chin Eng, Mr. and Mrs. Moy Ah Lek, Messrs. Gutierez, Dalieto and Chun Kan. For Shanghai from London-Misses Michie, Mo Mowart, Mrs. Rawcliffe, Mr. Russell, Mr. and

·Mrs. T. Vala, Mesars. R. W. Kennett, C. H Judd, R. N. Lowis, F. Traub, W. E. Hampson, Miss Haston, and Rev. Weier. From Mar seilley-Messrs. Miches, Harry Lawson, Goetz,

Homer, Wong Chee and That Gun Chee

From Penang Mr. and Mr. Pike, From: Singapore-Mr. J. S. Ker and servant, For Yokohama from Bombay--Mr. A. G. Hudson.: From Aden--Misses Hare and MC Hare From Colombo-General and Mrs. G. E. Mc-

Per Tetartos, from Saigon-84 Chinese.

Departed.

ning the following particulars-Length be tween perpendiculars, 400ft.; breath, 75ft 6in. draught of water, 27ht, gin.; displacement 14,800 tons: horse-power, 14.500; speed, 188 knots 1896--Lieut-General Nogi appointed GoverVittie, and Mr. Collins.

AGENDA.

TO-MORROW.

CHURCIL SERVICES. St. John's Cathedral:-Communion, 7 a.m.,

Matias, 11 m, Evensong, 5.45 pm.

an hour; armament, four 12in. breech-loading A Strike of Hop-pickers. guns of 40 calibre, fourteen bin, quick-firing Seven hundred hop pickers and seventy bin guns of 40 calibre, eight 45in. Maximis, five 18in. then yesterday struck work at Thomas Philips' torpedo dischargers, with armour gin. and 14in. hop grounds at Offhani, Kent. They have

The cabins afford sleeping accommodation for picked eight bushels to the shilling, and in

a crew of nearly 1,000. From two to six o'clock consequence of the small hops they now all methods of conveyance to the dock were demand a reduction of two bushels. The bin- crowded with visitors, who passed in a con- men, who have received 18., ask for pertinuous stream on to the upper deck of the. week. Frequent meetings are held, but both great man-of-war. On board they were received sides hold out though, on account of the lack by representatives of the Thames Iron, Works of food and money, the pickers, any of them Company. Mr. Kaminzami, the Commander Londoners, must eventually give way. A temporarily in charge for the Japanese Govern strike resterday at Ellis, and White's, Farleigh, ment, and several officers of the Japanese. Nasy,

were also present, and among the more dis tinguished of the visitors were members of the granted.

Japanese Legation and one of two members of St. Francis' Church, Wanchai:--Mass (Chin), the Hospital Committee:

6 am, (Port.), 7.50 am. Benediction,

Captain Sir Edward Chichester has not been allowed to remain, long without employment. Ho has been appointed to the Doris as trans port oficer at Natal. In view of the outlook in South Africa it is satisfactory to know that this important post has been entrusted to such a Expable officer as Sir Edward has proved himself to be.

Captain Percy M. Scult, who has been 5.0%, from Lleut-Colonel half pay Royal Engimppointed to the command of the Terrible, is

says the Napal and Military Record, to be a reduction of from eight to six bushels was. congratulated on having been chosen for so high a responsibility. Only forty-six years of out family influence, he has pushed Captain von Reboura Luschy has been

y sheer hard work and natural ability. his way by appointed German Naval Attaché a Washing. Ifis speciality is gunnery, and he has been ton. Up to now be held the astion at twice on the staff of the Excellent, both ns Tokyo, and during the Spar

Can Waf first-lieutenant and as commander. Among was selected to follow the operations of the his pupils was the Duke York, and he had a takes his discemitig chief in Sir John Fisher. While he was on the staff the gunnery school was late, been transferred from the old Excellent to Whale He under the stand, and he was largely responsible for the zebrguntaation of the school under new and

Americanfeet. Captains Gol place at the

The Windsor-Tragedy---

An inquest was held at Windsor yesterday respecting the death of Eliza O'Shea, a mar ried woman, who was found murdered on Sunday morning. Alice Clarke, sister of the decensed, said that she was the wife of a soldier named Michael O'Shea, who had been abroad for four years, but was now coming homine "The deceased had had three children by an- other man, and eleven months ago want to live

Roman Catholio Cathedral:-Mass at 6 a.m., 17 a.m., 8 am, und 9.30 am. Benediction,

5:p.m.

Union Church: Services, 11 n.m, and 6 p.m. Gorman Bethesda Chapel, West Point:

St.

Morning Service, 11 am.

Joseph's Church, Garden Road-Morning "Service (English), 9 a.m.

St. Anthony's Chapel, West Point Mass,

-8 am..

The Hankow Incident. The Neuoe, Premya Bays I'view of the. incorrect reports which have appeared in foreign newspapers of the conflict at Hankow between the authorities of the Russian concession there and the firm of Jardine, Matheson and Co., we luve received the following communication from trustworthy source—Misunderstand. 6.30 pm,.

Wesleyan Methodist Church-Services, 10.30

a. and 5.45 pm.

St. Peter's Seamen's Church-Ir a.a. and

Per Damante, for Manila-Mrs. J. Charles, Mrs. E. Morrison, Messrs. A. Arnoux and H. H.. Haas, Mrs. J. F. Smith and child, Messrs.” Irwine Turner and G. A. March, Mr. and Mrs, “ Reiss, Mr. J. de Gárchtoreau, Mrs. Cortijoj Col.. McClure, Messrs. J. Paggi, J. Gonsales, W. M. Haywood, Frank Freeman, Malving

Caro, 1. Pantouch, A. Kozlinsky and D. Schic fer, 6 Japanese, 131 Chinese, and 40 Chinese for U.S. transport Columbia.

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